The three new tools that I named are the only ones available right now. Sorry.
-Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jake Breen Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:49 PM To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming Subject: Re: [hlcoders] New Content Authoring Tools In Tonight's Update Awesome, any chance on IFM? RobinW said (In an email a while back) you guys would be releasing everything they used to make the Meet the Team trailers for TF2.. Mike Durand wrote: > Hi All- > > > > Included in the updates of TF2, Portal, and HL2:Ep2 are the binaries for > the particle editor, the commentary editor, and the materials editor. > I'm still working on an SDK update that includes a convenient way to > launch the tools as well as some example particles and commentary files, > but in the interim you can run any of the three games with '-tools' in > the launch options and access the new tools. > > > > More documentation is on the way, but here is some general information > to help get you started checking out the tools: > > > > 1. These three tools run in the same process as the engine and you > can switch between the tools. > > 2. The F10 button changes context between playing the game in the > 'Engine Viewport' window and editing content via the current tool. > > 3. In the lower left corner is an input field that allows the user > to dispatch console commands to the game while working with the tools. > > 4. Particle systems are defined in .pcf files that are located in > the 'particles' subdirectory beneath the game directory. You should > extract some of the TF2, Portal, or Ep2 particle files from the game > caches if you would like to see some examples. The SDK update will > include example particles. > > 5. Commentary node information is stored in text files in the > games' 'maps' subdirectory and the established naming convention is > <map_name>_commentary.txt. Again, you can extract these files from our > shipping games to check out the editor ahead of the SDK update and > example nodes. > > 6. The material editor is a GUI front-end and preview tool that > provides a more convenient way of tweaking materials settings. You can > extract VMT files from our shipping games or those from your own mods to > check it out. > > > > I'm sure that there will be lots of questions and I'll do my best to > answer them quickly. I'm looking update the SDK either tomorrow or > Wednesday which will give you guys some more examples as well as make > launching the engine tools more consistent with our other tools. > > > > -Best, > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
